Tag: upper west side

Goodfellas actor Paul Sorvino was hit by a car on the corner of 79th Street and Amsterdam Avenue on Saturday at around noon and taken to St. Luke's hospital.

The day that Apple announced Steve Jobs had died, a small makeshift memorial popped up at the Apple Store on 67th Street and Broadway. By Friday, the memorial had grown much bigger, with post-it notes, flowers, photos, partially eaten apples, candles, newspaper clippings, and handmade drawings. When I stopped by ...

It's a beautiful weekend, with clear skies and highs in the 70's and 80's. If you're not atoning for your sins (Yom Kippur), find some way to get out of the house. The photo above is from Upper West Sider Amy Aglar. If you do one thing outside this weekend… At ...

We have written about the Chinese food crisis on the Upper West Side -- the neighborhood, once a reliable destination for Chinese food, has fewer and fewer solid options available. But there's a new kind of crisis brewing. In the past week and a half, three Asian restaurants on the ...

October 6, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 68 Degrees. News: People placed flowers and candles in front of the Upper West Side Apple Store to commemorate and mourn Steve Jobs' death. Someone also placed an iPhone next to the flowers with a picture of Steve Jobs on it, as you ...

In the summer of 1982, New York photographer Daniel Weeks undertook an ambitious project -- he wanted to take a street-level portrait of New York City, block by block. So Weeks took a VW bus, mounted a camera on top, and hired a few guys to drive around and systematically ...

A Callery pear tree that had grown on the corner of 75th Street and Columbus Avenue for 40 years was ripped from the ground on Tuesday so that Con Edison workers can repair a transformer underneath.

October 4, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 63 Degrees. News: Scarlett Johansson hosted a fundraiser for Borough President (and mayoral candidate) Scott Stringer at the Plaza. I particularly like this line: "After more than an hour inside the tony Central Park South hotel, Johansson and Stringer, who share an interest ...

Maybe the thought of listening to a lecture doesn't exactly whet your appetite. But what if the event also included alcohol, a certain geek-chic sexiness, and covered an interesting topic? Ah, so now I've got your attention.

October 3, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 59 Degrees. Notices: We have a new list of events up for this week, including lots of films, music and readings. News: An apartment that artist Marcel Duchamp used to sublet at 33 West 67th Street is on the market for $4.75 million. ...

Rents on the Upper West Side have been going up for the past year, and in September they hit a new milestone: the average price of a

The Church of Grace & St. Paul on 71st Street between Broadway and Columbus Avenue, is holding a Blessing of Animals, where you can bring your pet to be blessed at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The Black Eyed Peas are expecting up to 60,000 people to show up tonight for their rescheduled concert on the Great Lawn in Central Park, and the fans and police were getting ready early on Friday. By noon, dozens of people were already in line at 72nd Street, even though ...

September 30, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 76 Degrees Notices: The 49th annual New York Film Festival starts today, with a new film from director Roman Polanski called Carnage, starring Jodie Foster. Here's the entire schedule. The big Black Eyed Peas concert in Central Park starts tonight at 7. The ...

September 29, 2011 Weather: Rain, High of 74 Degrees. Notices: In all of the excitement about Rosh Hashanah yesterday, I kind-of-sort-of got the date wrong for the blowing of the shofar in Central park. Sorry! If you're still interested, Chabad will be hosting a public shofar-blowing this afternoon between 5 ...

Three Upper West Side restaurants are looking for workers, including Momofuku Milk Bar, Dovetail, and an exciting new restaurant that isn't expected to open for more than a month. The New York Historical Society at 77th Street and Central Park West has landed on a name for the cafe it ...

September 28, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 70 Degrees. Notices: For those observing, Happy Rosh Hashanah! The holiday starts tonight, and there are some unique events going on in the neighborhood, including a public blowing of the shofar (ram's horn) hosted by Chabad in Central Park's Naumberg Bandshell from 5 ...

Lots of new stores are cropping up throughout the neighborhood, beyond the big names that get all the attention like Century 21 and Momofuku Milk Bar. I was even offered a slice of pizza from a new place called Primo Pizza 84 on 84th Street between Columbus and Central Park ...

September 27, 2011 Weather: Afternoon Thunderstorms, High of 76 Degrees. Notices: New exhibits at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (The Value of Water) and Lincoln Center (THINK) attempt to educate and inspire people about the world around them. Both look like they're worth checking out (if you'd like ...

On Friday, the long wait for the Black Eyed Peas to play their big concert in Central Park will be over. The first date was rained out, but the weather looks clear (partly cloudy) for this Friday, so get ready to stomp around the Great Lawn.